I shall not abandon God
For he does not abandon me,
he leads me on the right way,
where I would otherwise go far astray,
he reaches out his hand to me.
Morning and evening
he takes good care of me
wherever I may be.

When human support and help
are completely ineffective,
then God is soon found,
His power and grace prove their worth,
he helps us in all distress,
He rescues us from sin and shame,
from chains and from bonds
and even from death.

In him I shall place my trust
in my time of difficulty,
I can never regret doing so,
he transforms all suffering.
Let it be entrusted to him;
may my body, my soul, my life
be given to the Lord our God,
may he do as pleases him..

Praise him with heart and mouth
-both of which he gave us!
It is a blessed hour
when we think of him.
Otherwise all the time is wasted
which we spend on the earth
we shall become blessed
and remain so in the eternity.

The world may vanish for us
with its proud splendour,
neither glory or possessions may last,
what we once considered important
may for us after our death
be buried deep in the earth:
if we are fallen asleep,
God will awaken us.